THE MILLINERY WORKS
CELEBRATES 200 YEARS OF HEAL'S Page 1.
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s5148 A pair of oak rush-seated wavy ladder-back arm chairs, 104cm high, circa 1897 shown as no: 918 in the early Heal's catalogues. Ambrose Heal had some of these in his own collection.
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s5048c An important 'Fine Feathers' oak wardrobe inlaid with pewter & ebony
bearing the motto "Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds" labelled, 168cm
high, 191cm wide and 56cm deep, circa 1898.
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s5048b A unique 'Fine Feathers' oak clothes chest of exposed ebony dovetail and tenon construction, with two drawers and inlaid with a pewter & ebony stylised peacock, labelled, 91cm high, 122cm long and 53cm maximum depth, circa 1898. |
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s5057 A 'Fine Feathers' oak double bed the slats inlaid with pewter & ebony,
labelled, 166cm maximum height, 146cm maximum width to take a mattress 139cm
wide by 188cm long, circa 1898. The headboard is designed to take a curtain.
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s4953 A pair of oak Letchworth bedroom ladder-back chairs with rush seats, 91cm
high, circa 1905
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An s5167 oak Letchworth dresser with rack, 174cm high, 139cm wide and 46cm deep,
circa 1905. Ambrose Heal furnished the show cottage for the new garden city of
Letchworth in 1905 with this design of sideboard and the en suite table and
chairs.
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s5167a A set of four 1920s hand-painted cups & saucers stamped Heal’s.
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s5168 An oak Letchworth dining table and 6 ladder-back chairs with rush seats,
the table 77cm high, 183cm long and 76cm wide, the chairs 109cm high, circa
1905. Ambrose Heal furnished the show cottage for the new garden city of
Letchworth in 1905 with this design of table and chair and the en suite dresser.
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s5132 An unusual oak Letchworth sideboard with three drawers above an open curtained storage space, 89cm high, 122cm wide and 44cm deep, circa 1905. (Curtains replaced).
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